George Washington Law professor Cori Alonso-Yoder receives presidential award for efforts to stop human trafficking
GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW — During a recent meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF), the Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (CDM) was honored with the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons. GW Law Professor Cori Alonso-Yoder began working with CDM in 2009…
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HARVARD LAW — Harvard Law professor Guy-Uriel E. Charles discussed the decline of what he termed the “civil rights consensus” — a set of legal and political ideologies coming out of the American civil rights movement — at a Harvard Law School talk on Thursday. The lecture, titled “Identity Crisis: The Future of Racial Equality…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Bebe Thomas, a 3L and Editor in Chief of the Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy, shares what brought her from the West Coast to the University of Houston Law Center. After working for more than a decade in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, Bebe wanted to…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Award-winning author, 2021 MacArthur Fellow and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts spoke about the transformative power of reading and explored the prison experience through poetry during his performance “Felon: An American Washi Tale” at the University of Houston Law Center during Black History Month. Incarcerated at 16, Betts started writing…
Read More about University of Houston Law Center hosts Reginald Dwayne Betts for performance of his writingUniversity of Houston Law Center Peter Salib discusses how ChatGPT will change education
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The use of artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT will have widespread implications on education and in professional settings, according to University of Houston Law Center Assistant Professor Peter Salib. While ChatGPT has the potential for abuse and inaccuracies, Salib added that when used properly, it can benefit students…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Lewis & Clark Law student Hank Shell (’24) is one of two 2023 Lewis & Clark Wyss Scholars, and will focus on public land issues on the Colorado Plateau with Earthjustice’s Rocky Mountain office in summer of 2023. The Wyss Scholars Program seeks to identify and support a new generation…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Elijah (Eli) Savage, one of two 2023 Lewis & Clark Wyss Scholars, will focus on connections between land conservation and imperiled species with the Center for Biological Diversity for summer 2023. The Wyss Scholars Program seeks to identify and support a new generation of leaders focused on land conservation issues.…
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LSU LAW — There are approximately 4,300 people incarcerated in Louisiana with life sentences. Approximately 5,700 more people are incarcerated with sentences of 20 years or more. The LSU Law Parole and Re-Entry Clinic, in collaboration with the Parole Project and the Visiting Room Project, will host a conversation with formerly incarcerated people, social scientists,…
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MARQUETTE LAW — The Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education at Marquette University Law School is partnering with TMJ4 to co-host “Project: Drive Safer—A Reckless-Driving Town Hall” on Monday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. at Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan St.
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA LAW — At the UNC School of Law, the Environmental Law Project is a space for students to not only explore but also collaborate in environmental law fields. Rachel Coutinho, treasurer of the ELP, said that the project aims to perform three tasks: provide a social platform for law students, offer…
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